I remember like it was yesterday. He had worked all those years to own that house and he cried. He was so excited and so happy and I want to see other people get that feeling, too.
MAGIC JOHNSONChristmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That’s what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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I’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.
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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I’m talking about just for the league itself.
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Christmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That’s what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team.
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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.
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We are also a company that understands community.
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There’s winning and there’s losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what’s never been acceptable to me is quitting.
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Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.
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I started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I’ve learned through every partnership and opportunity.
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It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
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I really want people to know that I’ve worked hard, very hard, to get to where I am today.. this didn’t just happen overnight.
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And we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.
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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were – they still are – great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too.
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If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
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I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day.
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The worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor’s office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive.
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